I Moved Your Cheese: For Those Who Refuse to Live as Mice in Someone Elses Maze

If you were a mouse trapped in a maze and someone kept moving the cheese, what would you do? In a world where most mice dutifully accept their circumstances, ask no questions, and keep chasing the cheese, Deepak Malhotra tells an inspiring story about three unique and adventurous mice-Max, Big, and Zed-who refuse to accept their reality as given. I Moved Your Cheese reveals what is possible when we finally discard long-held and widely accepted assumptions about how we should live our lives. After all, achieving extraordinary success, personal or professional, has always depended on the ability to challenge assumptions, reshape the environment, and play by a different set of rules-our own. But rejecting deeply ingrained beliefs is not easy. As Zed explains, "You see, Max, the problem is not that the mouse is in the maze, but that the maze is in the mouse."

Table of Contents:
Preface

I Moved Your Cheese
The Good Book
Max
Zed
Why
Even the Impossible
Up
Big
Out
Who Moved My Cheese
I Moved Your Cheese
Walls
The Maze in the Mouse
A Mouse Like No Other
Some Mice are Big

Reflection Questions for Individuals
Discussion Questions for Groups and Book Clubs
Discussion Questions for your Organization or Team

A Note to Educators
A Note to Managers and Executives
Questions to the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Author

About the Author :
Deepak Malhotra is the Eli Goldston Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He is an advisor to firms around the globe and coauthor (with Max Bazerman) of Negotiation Genius.

Review :
“Every once in a while a book comes along that makes you question the way things are. This is the book. Deepak Malhotra allows you to glimpse a world of your own making without the limits and barriers that others create.”
—Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and The Leader in Me

“A magnificent story with a powerful message. As someone who has encouraged scores of professionals into breaking through the maze and defining their own pursuits, I find this to be a gem of a book”
—Vinod Khosla, cofounder and former CEO and Chairman, Sun Microsystems, and founder, Khosla Ventures

“Deepak Malhotra tackles our assumptions about business and life with humor, zest, and wisdom in this delightful fable. If you’ve ever rankled at the thought of being just another mouse in the maze, this is the book for you.”
—Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive and To Sell is Human